Zhang Tianlu was a hundred uneasy: "King Yu, if the Jinhua thief flees north, it would be a pipe dream for three or five Niu Lu to save the situation!" ”

In the early days of entering the customs, three or five Niu Lu was a very powerful force, after all, each Niu Lu had almost two hundred armor soldiers, in addition to the same size of coats, slaves, and subordinates who could participate in the war at any time, and five Niu Lu was at least two thousand soldiers.

However, after a series of failures, even the Eight Banners Army is now the result of continuous water injection, and even many Eight Banner Niulu have been replenished countless times and are still seriously lacking in personnel, like many Niulu under the command of Duoduo There are less than 100 soldiers.

In this situation, not to mention five Niu Lu, even ten Niu Lu may not be of great use when they encounter Jinhua thieves, but Duoduo has already been confident about this problem: "I can't solve this matter, the regent can't solve it, but King Azig has a way!" ”

As soon as he heard the name of King Azig of the British, Zhang Tianlu finally breathed a sigh of relief, although the Department of the King Azig of the British King has also suffered a lot of losses in the past year, but the strength of several field groups in the Qing State is the most intact, although it has suffered a small loss in the fight with the Caozhou thieves recently, but as long as the King Azigeken continues to support the Qing Kingdom, no matter how much the Jinhua thieves toss, they will not be able to make any waves.

"That's great, what I'm most worried about now is that after the Jinhua thief and the thief merge, Liu Yongxi, the little thief, has transferred several old thieves from Huguang, and now if the king is willing to help each other, even ten Liu Yongxi is not a problem!"

And Duoduo even cheered Zhang Tianlu up: "Since Jinhua thieves are not a problem, then Caozhou thieves are not a problem!" ”

It's just that Duoduo still calls the Yue Ming army "Jinhua thief" until now, and deep down he still feels that the Yue Ming army is just a powerful bandit who divides one side, but he doesn't know that the Yue Ming army is already a big country that really occupies the south.

Although he is not accustomed to the customs of Guangzhou at all, especially this unexpected return to Nantian, Lu Zhenfei at this moment said confidently: "We can inform the imperial court that the Eastern Province has been decided, and if the imperial court prepares for the Northern Expedition, there is no need to worry about our Guangdong!" ”

Lu Zhenfei's words are a bit exaggerated, after all, the statement that "the Eastern Province has been decided" is actually very reluctant, and there are still many armed forces and strongmen in Guangdong Province, who only changed the banner of the Chengtian Dynasty in name but are actually doing their own thing, not to mention that there are still many bandits and thieves in the province who continue to carry the banner of the Longwu Dynasty.

But Lu Zhenfei felt that this was not a problem, in addition to his painstaking management, now the whole province of Guangdong has changed the banner of Chengtian, those bandits and thieves under the banner of Longwu are completely insignificant, and more importantly, Lu Zhenfei has thousands of elites who have marched south with him, with these thousands of elites in his hands, Lu Zhenfei feels that it is only a matter of time before the whole province of Guangdong is truly pacified.

But his staff advised Lu Zhenfei not to talk too much: "Although the Eastern Province is decided, there are still a lot of chaos in the Western Province, after all, my lord is the governor of Liangguang, this matter should be considered in the long run!" ”

Lu Zhenfei immediately laughed: "The eastern province is established, how can the western province exist alone, not to mention that there is General Sun Kewang on the western front to cooperate with our army, the Tang King is no longer a problem, and the real enemy of the country is still Jianyu!" ”

After all, Lu Zhenfei is a rare capable minister in the late Ming Dynasty, although now the government and the opposition have a call for the Northern Expedition after unifying the south, but Lu Zhenfei knows very well that the court's henchmen are still in great trouble with the Qing Dynasty, although he defeated the Qing army on two southern expeditions, but Lu Zhenfei believes that as long as the Qing army is given a chance to rest, the Qing army will soon plan a third southern expedition.

And Lu Zhenfei also saw an extremely dangerous signal, the main force of Duoduo and Haoge's first southern expedition was the Eight Banners Army, and even the soldiers and horses of the Outer Domain, Mongolia, Kong Youde, and Geng Zhongming could only play a supporting role, but the second time it was Zhang Tianlu, Zhang Tianfu, Zuo Mengeng, Dong Yuan's Han Army was extremely active, and even became the main force on the Huai'an battlefield for a time.

If this situation continues to develop, and Jianyu lets the Han army and the green camp take charge alone, then the imperial court will face a huge crisis, but many of his staff members do not understand Lu Zhenfei's painstaking efforts: "But the chaos in Guangdong can be calmed down soon, and the western province may not be able to take it in a few months, if there is chaos at this time, my lord is the governor of Liangguang!" ”

Lu Zhenfei laughed: "No matter how big the mess is in the Western Province, it's not a big problem, as long as there is no chaos in the Eastern Province, then the imperial court can calmly go on the Northern Expedition, only by the Northern Expedition as soon as possible can you become the real Your Majesty of the Heavenly Majesty, if you miss the current God-given opportunity, I'm afraid you will regret the three lives in the future!" ”

Although Liu Yongxi's position as Emperor Chengtian can be described as unjustifiable, after he recovered Jiangnan and defeated the Qing army on two southern expeditions, everyone recognized that he was the real lord of the world, and now he advocated the Northern Expedition to add an extremely strong mythical color to himself, and everyone felt that Liu Yongxi was the real lord of the Mandate of Heaven.

After all, since the later years of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty has encountered a vicious circle of defeat in the Qing war, even if it is beheaded dozens of levels, it can be a great victory for Taimiao, and the continuous setbacks of the war outside the customs have triggered a further vicious circle, and the root cause of the civil mutiny and mutiny in various places is because of the war in Liaodong.

And now if Liu Yongxi can seize the opportunity of this Northern Expedition to recover the Beijing Division and even annihilate the Qing army in the pass, then no matter what kind of prejudice against Liu Yongxi has, everyone has to admit that he is the real Emperor Chengtian, Lu Zhenfei said even more confidently: "The biggest credit of me, the governor of Liangguang, is that Your Majesty does not have to worry about the Northern Expedition!" ”

Liu Yongxi was also relieved after getting Lu Zhenfei's good news: "It seems that the imperial court is going to have one more truth country!" ”

Although Lu Zhenfei was already a university scholar when he entered Beijing, according to the practice of the Chengtian Dynasty, he had to experience in the local area if he wanted to really enter the cabinet, so Lu Zhenfei first served as the governor of Fujian, and then concurrently served as the governor of Liangguang with the respect of a university scholar, and now that Lu Zhenfei has completed the experience, he naturally wants to enter the cabinet to govern.

It's just that Empress Zhang raised a key question: "Lu Xiangguo has made great contributions to the country in pacifying Fujian and Guangdong, but now is the critical moment for the Northern Expedition to use troops, and I am afraid that the two Guangxi cannot do without Lu Xiangguo!" ”

Now nominally speaking, Lu Zhenfei, the governor of Liangguang, controls several entire Guangdong and a small half of Guangxi, but such a well-off situation is completely single-handedly defeated by Lu Zhenfei, and the problem that Empress Zhang is most worried about is that as soon as Lu Zhenfei leaves office, there will be a big mess in Liangguang.

Liu Yongxi immediately laughed: "That's why I let Tian Jianxiu take over the governor of Guangdong, he is a generous person, and he won't make any big trouble!" ”

For the remnants of the Dashun Army of the Loyal Battalion System, Tian Jianxiu's succession as the governor of Guangdong was a completely unexpected arrangement.

Although everyone knows that Hubei is already more than capable of reconciling the rest of the Dashun Army, not to mention that there are now more and stronger Xiying departments, so there is no objection to the division and use of the loyal battalion system, but no one expected that Tian Jianxiu would become the highest military attache in a province.

Although compared with Tian Jianxiu's transcendent status in the Dashun Dynasty, Liu Yongxi's arrangement seems to be a bit harsh, but everyone knows very well that under the current situation, Tian Jianxiu's appointment as the governor of Guangdong is already special care, and Empress Gao and Empress Xing also sent Liu Yongxi's message: "Let Hou Zehou work hard, he can compete for the position of governor of Guangdong!" ”

In the past, in the Ming Dynasty, a martial artist like Tian Jianxiu was not even qualified to fight for a platform, let alone a provincial governor, so both the remnants of the Dashun Army and the remnants of the Daxi Army were very excited when they heard the news, and they all felt that they could become the second Tian Jianxiu in the Chengtian Dynasty.

But Empress Zhang was a little worried: "I'm afraid that Lu Xiangguo and Hou Zehou will have an awkward quarrel, Lu Xiangguo hates thieves the most, and Tian Jianxiu is a thief!" ”

Although the Chengtian Dynasty is known as the amount of the sea and all rivers is useful, as long as you are willing to serve the Chengtian Dynasty regardless of your background, but in fact several relatively independent systems have been formed, Lu Zhenfei has no prejudice against the Chengtian Dynasty, but he has a lot of opinions about Tian Jianxiu, a thief-born Houzehou, and feels that it is too much for the court to give him Houzehou, even if he wants to reward Tian Jianxiu, he can only be an earl at most, and if the two sides work together, it will definitely be unpleasant.

But Liu Yongxi laughed: "This is the reason why I chose Hou Zehou, others can't get along with Lu Xiangguo, but Tian Jianxiu is fine!" ”

The reason why Liu Yongxi named Tian Jianxiu "Hou Zehou" is naturally because Tian Jianxiu belongs to a particularly generous type in the Dashun Army, and he has missed major events several times because of his generosity, but on the other hand, this is Tian Jianxiu's biggest advantage, so Liu Yongxi will arrange him to work with Lu Zhenfei in Guangdong: "This time, Tian Jianxiu led 3,000 soldiers and horses to the south, which is also the reinforcement that Lu Xiangguo urgently needs!" ”

Speaking of this, Queen Zhang was a little incomprehensible: "Since Your Majesty is determined to go on the Northern Expedition, why do you keep sending troops to the south, although Tian Jianxiu's three thousand soldiers and horses are not elite, but if they are used in the right place, it is the key to victory or defeat!" ”

Although the Yue Ming Dynasty has a tradition of the queen's personal expedition, Empress Zhang only likes to personally conquer with Liu Yongxi, and now the imperial court has enough soldiers and horses, so she does not need to be desperate for the queen of the prison country, but Liu Yongxi has his own opinion on this issue: "The reason why we can calmly launch the Northern Expedition is because I continue to send troops south!" ”

As soon as Liu Yongxi said this, Empress Zhang already understood, although Liu Yongxi continued to send troops to the south, but most of them were troops like Sun Kewang, Tian Jianxiu, and Hao Shaoqi who were born in the Great Western Army and the Great Shun Army, not the elite division of the Yue Ming Army that crossed south with her and Liu Yongxi and continued to develop, and the real combat strength of the Yue Ming Army was not affected.

However, in the eyes of the Qing army, the Yue Ming army was really preparing to unify the south and then carry out the Northern Expedition, so Empress Zhang immediately asked: "Then when is Your Majesty going to send troops to the Northern Expedition?" ”